The Department of French and Italian at The University of Texas at Austin will offer merit-based graduate scholarships for outstanding students in French Linguistics for fall 2010. The Julia Emerson Walther Scholars will receive generous multi-year packages that will include highly competitive stipends, teaching release, professional development support, and pre-dissertation funding for extensive study in a francophone country.

There is currently a cohort of 17 graduate students in French and in Romance linguistics in the Department of French and Italian and 8 full-time faculty members: Carl Blyth, David Birdsong, Barbara E. Bullock, Bryan Donaldson, Knud Lambrecht, Catherine Leger, Jean-Pierre Montreuil and Cinzia Russi.

Students in the French linguistics program gain a strong background in both applied and theoretical linguistics. Main areas include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Subfields include historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, bilingualism and language contact, dialectology, French varieties, second language acquisition, and psycholinguistics.

The program, which aims to train future French linguists who intend to pursue a career in academic research and teaching, benefits from strong links with the Department of Linguistics, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Psychology, the College of Education, and the College of Communication. In addition, the University of Texas at Austin has a student and faculty research exchange with the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin can also receive course credits from the International Max Planck Research School in Nijmegen.

Applications Deadline: 15-Jan-2010

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Ms. Rolee Rios The University of Texas at Austin, Department of French and Italian 1 University Station B7600 Austin TX 78712 USA